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The New Orchestra Workshop (NOW) Society is celebrating their 40th year at the Roundhouse Community Centre, November 15 - 18, 2017. Multiple events highlight the Society’s past and present, reflecting upon decades of collaborative international creation and one of Canada's most important improvising music collectives.

NOV. 15 NOW IMPROV WORKSHOP GROUP CONCERT - PERFORMANCE CENTRE 8pm

The NOW Society has been offering workshops to the public for over 39 years. Each fall the Society presents the Western Front free public workshop series. This concert will highlight 2017 participants.

Ellwood Epps and Vicky Mettler (Montréal) present a concert of improvised music with Vancouver Master improvisers. Partners: The Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, Music on Main, Suoni Per Il Popolo and Western Front.

NOV. 17 NOW ENSEMBLE CONCERT- PERFORMANCE CENTRE 8pm

The NOW Ensemble will perform ISCM works by international composers Éric Normand, Fredrik Gran, Henri Augusto Bisognini and premiere an interactive community work by NOW Artistic Director Lisa Cay Miller. Guest artists, trumpetist Lina Allemano and pianist Kris Davis will join the ensemble in guided improvisations.

NOV. 18 NOW ORCHESTRA CONCERT - PERFORMANCE CENTRE 8pm

NOW features the premiers of new works by Allemano and Davis. Interactive work by Miller featuring community groups and the NOW ensembles. The first performance of the Orchestra since 2008!